According to the Quacquarelli Symonds world rankings, The Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay has been declared as the best-ranked institute in the country.

Moving up by 17 places from 179 to 162 the institute’s position improved significantly from the last year , it scored 48.2 out of 100 overall , 52.5 in academic reputation , 72.9 in employer reputation , 54.1 in citation per faculty,43.3 in student-faculty ratio,4.4 in international faculty and 1.8 in international students all scores out of a maximum 100.

Out of these six parameters, employers reputation with a global rank of 93 is the strongest one.

The Director Of IIT-B Professor Devang Khakhar said: “ The increase in rank is a reflection of continuous improvement in all spheres of our activity”.

The Quacquarelli Symonds world rankings compares top universities in the world on the basis of six performance parameters like research, teaching, employability and internationalism.

Apart from IIT-B, Indian Institute Of Science, Bangalore with a ranking of 170 and Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi with a ranking of 172 are also among the top 200 global universities. For the first time, Delhi university entered the group of top 500 universities.

For the 7th consecutive year, the Massachusetts Institute of technology has been ranked as the world’s best university. While Stanford and Harvard University claimed the 2nd and 3rd rank respectively.

Foundation Stone Laid For Central University Of Himachal Pradesh

The Union Minister said the Centre has sanctioned several national institutions in the state – IIIT sanctioned for Una, IIT for Mandi, Cluster University sanctioned for Mandi district. In addition to these, several Central schools have also been sanctioned.

Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday jointly laid the foundation stone of the Central University of Himachal Pradesh at Dehra in Kangra district. Mr Javadekar said the university would open new vistas of development in the area, besides providing quality higher education.

He said the Central government would provide
all possible help to ensure that the university campus is completed soon.

The Union Minister said the Centre has sanctioned several national institutions in the state – IIIT sanctioned for Una, IIT for Mandi, Cluster University sanctioned for Mandi district. In addition to these, several Central schools have also been sanctioned.

He said the Union
government was committed to provide digital boards in a phased manner in about
nine lakh schools across the country.

Speaking on the
occasion, the Chief Minister said the Central University of Himachal Pradesh
would have two campuses — Dehra and Dharamsala, both in Kangra district.

He said the first campus, to be spread over 750 hectares, would be at Jadrangal near Dharamsala. The second campus would be established at Dehra in an area of 287 hectares.

Mr Thakur said
about Rs. 1,300 crore would be spent on the construction of both
these campuses that would be completed in three years.

He said the state was committed to provide quality education. For this, Rs.7,044 crore was being spent on the education sector during the current financial year and a provision of Rs. 7,600 crore has been made for the next fiscal.

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﻿Law Teachers Seek Permission To Practice In Courts

Once the law teachers were permitted to take up the cases, it would be on a pro-bono basis and if a fee was charged, it would be shared between the university concerned and the law teacher in the ratio of 60:40, the release said.

The executive committee of a consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) has decided to seek permission from the Bar Council of India to allow full-time faculty to practice law in courts. The decision, among others, was taken by the committee at a meeting here Wednesday, a press release from the Nalsar University of Law here said Thursday.

(NLUs) has decided to seek permission from the Bar Council of India to allow full-time faculty to practice law in courts. The decision, among others, was taken by the committee at a meeting here Wednesday, a press release from the Nalsar University of Law here said Thursday.

Also, the committee resolved that the issue would be taken up with the Bar Council of India seeking an amendment to its Rule 49 which prohibits full-time salaried employees from practicing in courts.

The committee said that not allowing law teachers to practice in the courts of law was ‘harming’ the legal system as law teachers are as important stakeholders in the system as lawyers and judges and can contribute meaningfully to the legal system, the press release said.

Besides, the committee
said that as the country badly needs litigation lawyers and also needs to
bridge the gap between law in books and law in action, it is necessary that the
teachers should themselves go to the court along with the students.

Vice-chancellor of Nalsar varsity and president of the consortium of NLUs professor Faizan Mustafa said the executive committee resolved that in case law teachers are not permitted to practice, a non-practicing allowance of 25 percent at par with medical doctors should be paid, according to the release.

Once the law teachers were permitted to take up the cases, it would be on a pro-bono basis and if a fee was charged, it would be shared between the university concerned and the law teacher in the ratio of 60:40, the release said.

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He said that the government will work towards providing all these classes with facilities for digital boards by 2022, starting from the 75th anniversary of the country’s independence.

The Human Resource
Development Ministry on Wednesday launched Operation Digital Blackboard, under
which nine lakh classrooms in schools and colleges across the country will be
equipped with digital facilities for teaching by 2022.

“Some 60-70 years back there was an ‘Operation Blackboard‘ because that was the need of the hour then. But the country has progressed over the years, and now we need an Operation Digital Blackboard,” Mr Javadekar said during the launch.

Last year, the ministry had formed a committee under Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala of IIT Madras to look into the need of digital blackboards in schools/colleges.

Emphasising the need for digital modes of education to improve the quality of education, Mr Javadekar said that the committee assessed a requirement for seven lakh digital blackboards in classes 9-12, and two lakh for classes in higher education institutions.

He said that the government will work towards providing all these classes with facilities for digital boards by 2022, starting from the 75th anniversary of the country’s independence.